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Notes on AgingAvoiding the Specialist Swamp
Friday, July 25, 2008 

My mother almost died several years earlier than she did. She was caught in what I call the specialist swamp. Over time she collected layer after layer of medical specialist to her care. Like so many retired people, about all she did was go to doctor's appointments . . .

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Dynamics of AgingWho Gets Mother?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 
Nothing can bring a smoldering family squabble to the surface faster than having to make a decision about caring for an aging parent. A doctor referred a family to me a few weeks ago. The mother is 86 and has lived around and with her daughter and son-in-law for many years. This couple is facing a job change that will require their moving to a new city . . . Read More
    
Giving Care in a FacilityWhen a Mate Needs Care
Monday, July 07, 2008 
Somewhere in Tennessee I watched a man meticulously clean the teeth of his comatose wife. The staff told me he did that for hours each day and had almost worn her teeth away with the cleaning. They thought it was a senseless act of a demented old man. I thought it was a beautiful scene of a man who had cared for his wife so long he had no idea how to stop . . . Read More
    
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